As a fellow honoree said tonight, it is awkward receiving an award for telling a story about someone senselessly murdered (in my story's case, the mothers left to grieve), but I take solace in knowing the recognition helps to spread these mothers' stories and the overall problem of violence in our community across racial, ethnic and generational lines. My prayer is God-willing soon, we can begin to write about the decline of these murders due to these mothers' tireless efforts and growing movement.

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As former producer of the Front Page, I got a daily, ring side seat to news and analysis from some of the most hard-hitting scholars our communities have produced, many you're already familiar with. The show features daily listener comments and questions and on Mondays, I produced the Next Page, a mini-feature on issues impacting our people, but that were buried in the news. .